Why do some people on here call benconstine benconstantine?

[Eraserhead]

Is that supposed to be ironic or something?

[Rowan]

Is that supposed to be ironic or something?

Maybe they just can't read.

[Keystone Phil]

Well, it looks like "constantine" and that's the way I always read it. I don't call him that here though.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Either they don't read it closely, or are trying to be funny.  It's pretty pathetic, in the latter case.

[Smid]

When I first joined, for quite a while that's what I thought his username was. Then I realised it was Benconstine. I think it's predominantly misreading his name.

[Ban my account ffs!]

I just thought of him as Ben. 

[Rowan]

The name Ben always reminds me of Ben Linus now.

[Scam of God]

Benconstatine suits him. He has a theocratic bent.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

He did once argue that the reason the state of Israel is legitimate is because God promised the land. So yeah, starting to sound theocratic. (Worth noting, this is the exact same argument used by Hamas.)

[Kaine for Senate '18]

He did once argue that the reason the state of Israel is legitimate is because God promised the land. So yeah, starting to sound theocratic. (Worth noting, this is the exact same argument used by Hamas.)

That doesn't sound like me.  Are you sure I said it?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

This is not the homeland of the Jews, they invaded, forced out and killed the native population:
see here.

After 3,000 years, it becomes our homeland.  And besides, G-d promised it to us.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

This is not the homeland of the Jews, they invaded, forced out and killed the native population:
see here.

After 3,000 years, it becomes our homeland.  And besides, G-d promised it to us.

Okay.  I've never made it since, and like I said, I don't like that argument.

[Joe Republic]

How many lines of argument haven't you subsequently backed away from?

[Franzl]

How many lines of argument haven't you subsequently backed away from?

I'm thinking of the 2000 recount thing....this thread is awfully similar

[Kaine for Senate '18]

How many lines of argument haven't you subsequently backed away from?

I'm thinking of the 2000 recount thing....this thread is awfully similar

Sort of, except that:

1.  I've only made that argument once.
2.  I backed off of it pretty quickly, saying I disliked it.

Plus, I believe I've since said that it is not a good argument, and I think I may have criticized Josh for using it.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The problem is that it was such an inane argument to begin with.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

I think I typed his name wrong once on a fantasyland ballot.  It was an inadvertant misreading of the screen name.  You glance at a long smushed up word too quick and your brain interprets it differently.  I highly doubt anyone's stupid (or clever) enough to mistype it as a joke.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I think I typed his name wrong once on a fantasyland ballot.  It was an inadvertant misreading of the screen name.  You glance at a long smushed up word too quick and your brain interprets it differently.  I highly doubt anyone's stupid (or clever) enough to mistype it as a joke.

Supersoulty did the same thing in a speech once.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Wow, I was just re-reading that thread I linke to and it got even better!

There is a small rabbit in a room, surrounded by 12 angry, snarling wolves.  The wolves all pounce on the rabbit, but when the scuffle is over, the rabbit always comes out alive, no matter how many times the wolves attack it.

What does this metaphor mean?

That the rabbit is pretty damn lucky, and...ummmm....irrelevant?

You're right about the rabbit, but this is a relevant metaphor, once you figure it out.

While me and others point out how much of a horrid and stupid analogy it is. Then it comes to this:

Yes, it might be relevant if Israel's military force was comparable to a rabbit and all of its neighbors comparable to wolves. Rather than the other way around being more accurate.

I suppose it makes more sense in the original war for independence, back in '48; its lost its relevance now.

then why bring it up now if you weren't trying to make a point?

I thought it had a point; turns out I was wrong.

Hahahahahah. I love how he acted like he was making some deep point, then instantly realized the whole thing was bullsh!t.

[Eraserhead]

lol